Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1887-12-02
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that "A knowledge II her secret has haatcnss
you. Let us say friiay morning.
Friday morning Miss Bentley. So bc
u. then.
And nov goodnight. she said. adding
With smile. ~ n rather odd that your
conneciion with IIaxclvood House should
"nh cNhciiy a. u commenced, by your being
snply my guest iill Friday. once more.
/ good tlqhti-
VIII TDfoil wrote short letter the came
night 10 Emily. the composition OF whiol,
seemed TO be diiilculty 10 hun. inaannrh
es he spoiled yoNeinl sheets % paper before
no could hll one Satisfactorily
10 not know. little woman. no wrot~.
wholhcr you viii cry or laugh al tho grand
pieoc OF news have TO giso you possibly
/ YOU may DO both. ifcpaie yourself have
thrown up my engagement here. aud ann
going to you On Friday Tor good. Full par
lieulnts whom We meet. darling. I SUPPOSE
ought to regard this ~ a misfortune. but I
do not. II sccins to mo fhnt money has a.,
objection 90 my bachelor pockets that II
wo were 10 wait till tho day before dooms-
day We should still be penniieas Perhaps
marriage will change oar luck shalt We
see. dear Emiiyp ! know that you will bs
brave enough. aud think your mother will
Ri'o her consent Time u precious Lot
" be married ns soon ~ We can. aud boldly
fiak the rest
The letter was posted carly on wcdnes.
day morning, aud Emily received ID on
The svoning of the same day. with great do
l'Rht at the prospect Of seeing VIII so
soon
Jack Gmham called ou his mother and
sister that evening aud was much surprised
at Viii throwing mp his ongaqemeni: hn
asked Emily " Hhc know tho csnsa uf his
doing SO, end when she told bim that sho
did not, hc answered thni Il waa rsfrnnoo
TO say the least. and shortly after left them
la aullcn temper.
That night he wrote letter 10 tho bepgar.
Which lac nddfossed 81 him. under the caro-
OF q etehlc-boy. DinQlo~Ood.
on Thursday morning. VIII and Miss
lloniiey made an ctcursion 10 Elmafofd
l'rory ruins ln tho evening he got long
aud loving leitof from Miss Gfahhm. cor-
tain paragraph of which ran thus.
"So dear Will starts from Perthnfd a
eleven on Ffiiiay morning. and perhaps he
- so glad to get back 10 a certain some Qua
tlat no does not know he will have to
change cars taking nearly twenty minutes
l1 40 II, 40 Jack says at l. w junction.
Ihoro ~ train leaves Iusioh Square "a
] .DH q. fn. Something clsc, doar; 4 have
holiday on Friday. aud my ~ 81 in the
morning train reaches y junction just
len minutes before yours. Now. then. what
h"ppensf Why. when you got 10 E-
Junction. you will SEQ waiting on the plat
forH very insignihcsnt. heartlees. impn-
iiont little woman. Who owns tiny gold
watch. and II you afo inciiped, aud good.
You may finish your journey a. London
With her by your side. That's how | am
going 10 spend my holiday. VIII. dOu't
mind travelling alone to n - y bic. aud
don't know what tho people ~ the station
would say 20 ! think you had beti0r cry la
a very loud voice All my sister. I hato
NOT seen her for forty yearsf because that
would be some sort Of c1cnso for making
such fuss. wouiin'f ~ Hemsmber at
T. - junction. dcnr VIII
The young fnan wrote fep hurried lines
IN Feply. warmly npplaudiBg bef pfDtoaaf.
Ascleyen o'clock. aftofh dull silent 0sSn-
ing ho wished Miss bentley good night
sadly. nay. almost sOleinniy, aud then went
10 his room With heavy heart
IN twelve hours l say - 20 Hazelw0od
House, farewell forcycr@
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